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2013 Lexus GS 450h ready to perform better, use less fuel

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:44 PM PDT

2013 Lexus GS 450h ready to perform better, use less fuel


2013 Lexus GS 450h ready to perform better, use less fuel
The Lexus Hybrid Drive system that uses an V6 Atkinson Cycle engine and a nickel-metal hydride battery, there's more than a little bit of the Toyota Prius' Hybrid Synergy Drive inside the new 2013 Lexus GS 450h. Unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the GS 450h improves on the 2012 Lexus GS 350 with more power (an extra 32 horses) and better fuel efficiency....

Mercedes-Benz debuts B-Class E-Cell Plus EV concept, the suburban limo revisioned

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Mercedes-Benz debuts B-Class E-Cell Plus EV concept, the suburban limo revisioned


Mercedes-Benz debuts B-Class E-Cell Plus EV concept, the suburban limo revisioned
Family transportation has come a long way since it was all about piling in the back of the humble station wagon -- in particular, we're talking about the new Mercedez-Benz Concept B-Class E-Cell Plus EV that debuted today at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The plug-in series hybrid has a 136-horsepower electric motor with a 62-mile range, and a 67-horsepower, 1.0-liter three cylinder turbocharged gas engine for range-extending capabilities up to 373...

Google launches Flight Search service, Kayak shrugs it off (video)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Google launches Flight Search service, Kayak shrugs it off (video)


Google launches Flight Search service, Kayak shrugs it off (video)
Google's DOJ-approved acquisition of ITA has finally borne fruit, in the form of Flight Search -- a new tool that aims to streamline the chaos that is online travel booking. The Mountain View contingent unveiled the interface yesterday, with an "early look" at what appears to be a fairly straightforward service....

2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive priced at $21,886* in Germany, plus battery lease

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:03 PM PDT

2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive priced at $21,886* in Germany, plus battery lease


2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive priced at $21,886* in Germany, plus battery lease
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SMART, Frankfurt Motor Show, Daimler For diehard fans of the Smart Fortwo, particularly of the Electric Drive version, 2012 ushers in the third-generation of the pint-sized electric two-seater. Aside from a host of upgrades for 2012, the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive gets a very welcome price drop. Smart says the 2012 Electric Drive checks in at just 16,000 euros ($21,886 U.S....

Toshiba's Portege Z830 climbs out of Dell's Inspiron M600 at IDF 2011 (video)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Toshiba's Portege Z830 climbs out of Dell's Inspiron M600 at IDF 2011 (video)


Toshiba's Portege Z830 climbs out of Dell's Inspiron M600 at IDF 2011 (video)
Apple's original MacBook Air may have fit inside a traditional office envelope, but it seems that Intel's got a few tricks up its sleeve, too. Here at IDF 2011, Mooly Eden -- vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group -- ripped a Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook out of a Dell Inspiron M600....

This is what Intel's Haswell microarchitecture looks like (video from IDF)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:03 PM PDT

This is what Intel's Haswell microarchitecture looks like (video from IDF)


This is what Intel's Haswell microarchitecture looks like (video from IDF)
Intel already showcased the future of solar-powered computing, but if you're wondering what silicon from 2013 looks like today... well, have a gander! The chip shown above (and in the gallery / videos below) is Intel's Haswell microarchitecture, a platform that is destined to slip into slimmer-than-slim laptops and Ultrabooks of the future....

Peugeot HX1 concept is one unusually sleek plug-in MPV [w/video]

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Peugeot HX1 concept is one unusually sleek plug-in MPV [w/video]


Peugeot HX1 concept is one unusually sleek plug-in MPV [w/video]
Filed under: Hybrid Under design guru Gilles Vidal, Peugeot is starting to show off its an adventurous maturity, as seen in the HX1 six-seat concept revealed today at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Powered by the Peugeot's through-the-road HYbrid4 technology and using a 2.2-liter HDi diesel instead of the automaker's 2.0-liter oil burner, the HX1 combines good power - 299 bhp - with astonishingly low fuel consumption of 73.5 miles per gallon equivalent...

AT&T Messages Moves Your Conversations To The Cloud

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT

AT&T Messages Moves Your Conversations To The Cloud


AT&T Messages Moves Your Conversations To The Cloud
To celebrate the opening of their new AT&T Foundry in Palo Alto, AT&T is talking about some of the ambitious projects that they and their partner developers have been cooking up. One of the most interesting so far is AT&T Messages, which attempts to make all of your messages, voicemails, and call logs accessible from multiple devices. Their cloud communications concept sounds quite a bit like the messaging half of Google Voice,...

IDT's power-saving Panel Self Refresh tech coming to laptops, Ultrabooks and tab...

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT

IDT's power-saving Panel Self Refresh tech coming to laptops, Ultrabooks and tablets (video)


IDT's power-saving Panel Self Refresh tech coming to laptops, Ultrabooks and tablets (video)
We aren't talking Pixel Qi-style savings or anything, but then again, IDT's not asking you to ditch the conventional LCD your retinas refuse to step away from. The company's Panel Self Refresh technology just got a major shot in the arm here at IDF, with the introduction of the world's first Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.3-compliant Timing Controller with integrated PSR technology....

Greentech Automotive gets a second act, wants to make MyCar in MIssissippi

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Greentech Automotive gets a second act, wants to make MyCar in MIssissippi


Greentech Automotive gets a second act, wants to make MyCar in MIssissippi
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)Greentech Automotive was founded in 2006 by former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, but you could be forgiven if you forgot about the company over the last five years. McAuliffe, who managed the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008 and lost a bid for the governorship of Virginia in 2009, seemed to have put his transportation efforts on the back burner....

AMD Fusion tablets running Windows 8 at Build 2011: hands-on with video

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

AMD Fusion tablets running Windows 8 at Build 2011: hands-on with video


AMD Fusion tablets running Windows 8 at Build 2011: hands-on with video
You've already seen our in-depth hands-on with Samsung's Series 7 Slate, boasting an Intel processor and running Windows 8, and now it's time to give the other guys a little love. We got a chance to sit down with the folks at AMD, masters of the Fusion APU, before the Expo doors opened here at Build, and it would be an understatement to say that they're excited about getting their x86...

Intel: Thunderbolt coming to PCs, prototype shown at IDF 2011 (update: video!)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Intel: Thunderbolt coming to PCs, prototype shown at IDF 2011 (update: video!)


Intel: Thunderbolt coming to PCs, prototype shown at IDF 2011 (update: video!)
Guess what, Wintel loyalists? "Apple's" Thunderbolt I/O port is coming your way. If you'll recall, Thunderbolt was actually built with Intel's collaboration (Light Peak, anyone?), and sensibly, the chip giant is now making it possible for the port to appear on non-Mac machines. The news was just broken here at IDF, where a Haswell-based machine was briefly teased with a heretofore unpossible T-bolt port....

Windows 8 BSoD ditches confusing error codes for uninformative frowny face

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Windows 8 BSoD ditches confusing error codes for uninformative frowny face


Windows 8 BSoD ditches confusing error codes for uninformative frowny face
As with any version of Windows, the Metro-slathered Win 8 has one of those oh so familiar Blue Screen of Death thingies. But, this time around, there's a change. Gone are the confusing and uninformative error codes, and in its place you get an equally uninformative sad emoticon. OK, there's also some text informing you that your PC is about to reboot, but it still doesn't get you any closer to...

Windows Server 8 and Azure platform introduced, Metro-style app building starts...

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Windows Server 8 and Azure platform introduced, Metro-style app building starts today


Windows Server 8 and Azure platform introduced, Metro-style app building starts today
Server and Tools Business President Satya Nadella, amongst others, took the stage at Build today in order to showcase something a bit less consumer-facing: Windows Server 8 and the revised Windows Azure platform. Fret not, though -- this all plays a vital role in how you'll be enjoying Windows 8 in the months to come....

Nyko's $30 Zoom for Kinect now shipping to tiny-roomed gamers worldwide

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Nyko's $30 Zoom for Kinect now shipping to tiny-roomed gamers worldwide


Nyko's $30 Zoom for Kinect now shipping to tiny-roomed gamers worldwide
Kinect ownership means you've got to keep a good ten square feet of space totally free to play in, and that's nearly impossible for many inner-city, bedroom and dorm-room gamers. Fortunately for them, Nyko has developed a solution so simple it's positively genius -- clip-on lenses that reduce the distance the Kinect can see, bringing players closer to the TV....

Nissan Leaf beats Tesla Roadster in Oresund Rally

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Nissan Leaf beats Tesla Roadster in Oresund Rally


Nissan Leaf beats Tesla Roadster in Oresund Rally
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Europe/EU, Racing Can a Nissan Leaf beat a Tesla Roadster Sport? At the inaugural running of the Oresund Rally, which features nothing but electric cars that took place in Denmark and Sweden from September 10 to 11, it can. At the starting line was the Leaf, the Roadster, four Citroen C-Zeros, two Peugeot iOns and a couple of converted electric rides....

U.K. Ad Authority: Apple, Not Samsung, Has Thinnest Smartphone

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:21 AM PDT

U.K. Ad Authority: Apple, Not Samsung, Has Thinnest Smartphone


U.K. Ad Authority: Apple, Not Samsung, Has Thinnest Smartphone
Last time we heard from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority, they had blocked Motorola from claiming that their Atrix handset was the world's most powerful smartphone since its processor is slower than the Galaxy S II's. While they came down on Samsung's side that time, that isn't the case now: they have ruled that the iPhone 4, and not the Galaxy S II is the world's thinnest smartphone. First, a little background:...

LG Marquee steps out in leaked press shot, coming this October?

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:21 AM PDT

LG Marquee steps out in leaked press shot, coming this October?


LG Marquee steps out in leaked press shot, coming this October?
It looks like the LG Marquee's gearing up for its coming out party. We first caught wind of the Optimus Black clone when it surfaced in blurrycam form at a Radio Shack briefing, running what appeared to be vanilla Android, and branded for the Now Network. Well, thanks to a leaked press shot over on PocketNow, we can clearly see that the device is, indeed, sporting a lightly-skinned version of the...

HP goes display crazy, unveils eight new models, four IPS panels (hands-on)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 08:40 AM PDT

HP goes display crazy, unveils eight new models, four IPS panels (hands-on)


HP goes display crazy, unveils eight new models, four IPS panels (hands-on)
HP may not have much going on when it comes to cellphones and tablets at the moment, but the company is hardly resting on its laurels. As if to prove it's still got a bit of fire in its corporate belly, it unleashed a total of eight new displays today (nine, if you count the updated HP rp5800 Retail System)....

Western Digital launches WD 2go, WD 2go Pro cloud apps, cures PC separation anxiety

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Western Digital launches WD 2go, WD 2go Pro cloud apps, cures PC separation anxiety


Western Digital launches WD 2go, WD 2go Pro cloud apps, cures PC separation anxiety
Western Digital is no stranger to connected storage, which is why it launched two new mobile apps for maximum My Book Live mobile manageability: the WD 2go and the WD 2go Pro. Both are compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android phones, giving users the power to pull files from any PC or Mac remotely -- without monthly fees....

Audi Urban Concept Sportback ready for wireless charging in the city

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Audi Urban Concept Sportback ready for wireless charging in the city


Audi Urban Concept Sportback ready for wireless charging in the city
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Audi, Frankfurt Motor Show Not as easily spotted as its Spyder relative, the Audi Urban Concept Sportback more closely maches the renderings we saw before the start of the Frankfurt Motor Show. That's not to say that we were totally prepared for the quirkiness of either version, but at least the Sportback's carbon fiber reinforced plastic body was somewhat known to us. Under the CFRP, the Sportback and Spyder share...

Poll: Did you download Windows 8?

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Poll: Did you download Windows 8?


Poll: Did you download Windows 8?
Downloads have barely been active for half a day, but for the night-owls who burned the midnight oil in order to take the developer preview of Windows 8 for a spin, this is for you. If you're claiming to be one of the earliest of adopters of Windows 8, how have things gone?...

Sony's Dash gets a new lease on life, we stop to wonder why

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Sony's Dash gets a new lease on life, we stop to wonder why


Sony's Dash gets a new lease on life, we stop to wonder why
Remember Sony's Dash? That little pseudo tablet powered by Chumby OS that started making the rounds at last year's CES? No, well we almost forgot about it too. But, just as it was finally fading from memory, Sony hit us with an update to the Internet Viewer. Not much has changed, save a rearrangement of the ports and buttons....

2012 Formula Ford brings EcoBoost to open-wheel racing

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:17 AM PDT

2012 Formula Ford brings EcoBoost to open-wheel racing


2012 Formula Ford brings EcoBoost to open-wheel racing
Filed under: Ford, Frankfurt Motor Show, Racing We're officially grabbing our helmets and ready to go racing. in Frankfurt, Ford has pulled what must have been an unusually creased sheet off of its 2012 Formula Ford racecar, and while the shape is similar to Formula F racers from years past, it somehow appears altogether modern thanks to the angular air inlets and funky, lightweight wheels. The 2012-spec Formula Ford will power its way...

Cedar Trail-based Classmate PC hands-on at IDF (video)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Cedar Trail-based Classmate PC hands-on at IDF (video)


Cedar Trail-based Classmate PC hands-on at IDF (video)
Looking for a Cedar Trail-powered update to the long running Classmate PC line of netvertibles? Intel's got you covered here at IDF 2011, with a refreshed edition of the very familiar hardware on display. All the usual elements are here, with a handle, touchscreen and stylus combined with a tough rugged casing ready to take the worst a 3rd grader can dish out....

Novero's Solana is a Cedar-Trail Inspiron Duo from the future (video)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Novero's Solana is a Cedar-Trail Inspiron Duo from the future (video)


Novero's Solana is a Cedar-Trail Inspiron Duo from the future (video)
Have a look at what we found lurking deep within IDF's technical showcase: the Novero Solana. Contrary to what its name might imply, it's not a fancy European shaver, but actually a thinner, more rectangular Inspiron Duo lookalike. Seeing as it's imprisoned behind glass -- just like that other tablet -- the only specs we can confirm are that it's Cedar Trail-based and Windows 7 powered....

Audi shows off near-production R8 e-tron prototype

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Audi shows off near-production R8 e-tron prototype


Audi shows off near-production R8 e-tron prototype
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Audi, Frankfurt Motor Show When Audi unveiled the original e-tron Concept at the last Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009, a production version seemed to be nothing more than a glimmer in the very distant future. Two years later, it appears that the automaker has made plenty of progress in bringing an electric-powered R8 into the world. Yesterday in Frankfurt, Audi revealed a new R8 e-tron "technology demonstrator" that represents something...

Brabus reveals prototype High Performance 4WD Full Electric E-Class

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Brabus reveals prototype High Performance 4WD Full Electric E-Class


Brabus reveals prototype High Performance 4WD Full Electric E-Class
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mercedes Benz, Frankfurt Motor Show The German aftermarket specialists at Brabus have entered the eco battle with the unveiling of a prototype EV based on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Rather than extracting more power out of the E-Class' gasoline engine, Brabus decided to rip out the gasser and replace it with electric-only hardware. The prototype gets a suitably subtle and sexy name - the High...

Gomite Tiltpod magnetic tripod: snapping awkward family photos just got easier

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Gomite Tiltpod magnetic tripod: snapping awkward family photos just got easier


Gomite Tiltpod magnetic tripod: snapping awkward family photos just got easier
Nothing ruins a Kodak moment faster than taking a timeout to set up a tripod, which is why the folks at Gomite went magnetic when developing its tiny new Tiltpod. Designed for compact cameras or video recorders, magnets enable users to sidestep the whole "screw-in" process that typically eats away precious pre-shot moments....

SanDisk's Memory Vault will store your photos longer than anyone cares

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

SanDisk's Memory Vault will store your photos longer than anyone cares


SanDisk's Memory Vault will store your photos longer than anyone cares
According to a survey commissioned by SanDisk, family photos are the first thing people would save in a house fire, after relatives and pets. Personally, we'd rush for our laptop and let the dog take care of itself, but hey let's get to the point: SanDisk wants to sell you its new Memory Vault....